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Monday 14 Sep 2015 - 13:41 Makkah mean time-1-12-1436
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Ankara, (IINA) - Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu was re-elected as Justice and Development (AK) party chairman on Saturday, as Turkey heads to parliamentary elections on Nov. 1, Anadolu Agency reported.
Davutoglu has received all of the 1,353 valid votes (out of 1,380 party delegates) and was elected as chairman during AK Party's 5th Ordinary Congress in Ankara.
The congress hosted about 300 foreign guests from 29 countries of Europe, the Middle East and Turkic republics, out of which were former Iraqi Vice President Usama al-Nujayfi, Tunisia’s Islamic Nahda party leader Rashid El-Ghannushi, and Hamas Political Bureau Chief Khaled Mashal.
After the meeting, Davutoglu said that the congress also marked the launch of the party's election campaign, adding that the party would introduce its election program on Sep. 22.
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